Well, the election is long gone, but politics never really take a holiday — nor do politicos ever tire of drafting Hollywood heroes as symbolic messages and cultural shorthand. Take this new GOP commercial that uses a certain secret agent to take a few shots at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi…

Feel free to express your thoughts on Pelosi and the GOP in the comments section (don’t ask us what we think, we’re neutral — we cast our vote for pop culture), but before you do that, check out this montage of Bond openings through the years. Now that’s something we can support….

Comments

Politics is a lot like fashion. If it weren't for old photos, we'd all claim we never ever wore acid-washed jeans or big bangs or whatever was oh so fashionable once and ridiculous now. No one videotaped the CIA briefings to Pelosi so she can claim "no, not me. Acid-washed jeans? Never!" Or in this case, the fashion at the time was "do whatever it takes to protect America, even if it inconveniences terrorists." Now the fashion is "we don't torture." "waterboarding is torture" "no Democrat would ever hear of such a thing and not mount a loud protest." The problem is torture depends on: 1. what was done 2. to what degree 3. in what frequency. Tickling someone with a feather would be torture if done "harshly" and non-stop for weeks. Making someone go without sleep–meaning making them stay up one hour later than normal could not be considered torture. Even water boarding–one time for 30 seconds–you are insane if you think that is torture. But no one ever looks at the degree and frequency. Just label label label and have an entire discussion without actually having any logic or reasoning behind it.